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Cal. Penal Code § 16525
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Title 1: Preliminary Provisions, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 16525
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
(a) As used in Section 33700, “firearm barrel” means the tube, usually metal and cylindrical, through which a projectile or shot charge is fired. A firearm barrel includes any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be used as a firearm barrel, or that is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used as a firearm barrel once completed, assembled, or converted. A firearm barrel may have a rifled or smooth bore. (b) A firearm barrel that is attached or affixed to a firearm is not subject to the requirements of Section 33700.
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